Daisy Libby Sternberg A fresh take on classic characters, Daisy gives readers insight into Daisy Buchanan’s viewpoint of the events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. While simultaneously remaining true to the original and adding new information, Sternberg weaves Daisy’s perspective and Nick Carraway’s account together, correcting what Daisy knows is inaccurate from her cousin’s novel. Sternberg… Continue reading Daisy
Category: Literature
Mademoiselle de Malepeire
Mademoiselle de Malepeire Fanny Reybaud (translated by Barbara Basbanes Richter) Barbara Richter uses her considerable skills as a modern translator and writer to bring Fanny Reybaud’s captivating French novel to the English-speaking world for the first time in more than a century. This 1854 novel focuses on a portrait of Mademoiselle de Malepeire, which hangs… Continue reading Mademoiselle de Malepeire
The Half-Life of Everything
The Half-Life of Everything Deborah Carol Gang David and Kate are happily married fifty-somethings when she’s diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s. He has never been unfaithful, but after several years of losing Kate more each day, he wonders: What is a married widower supposed to do? Two strong-willed women intervene and everyone finds themselves making unexpected… Continue reading The Half-Life of Everything
The Gospel of the Twin
The Gospel of the Twin Ron Cooper An ancient legend claimed that Jesus had a twin brother Thomas. An extra-Biblical text that dates from perhaps as early as the late first century CE (which would make it the same age as the Biblical Gospels) claimed to be the secret teachings of Jesus as recorded by… Continue reading The Gospel of the Twin